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- Lipofuscin is the name given to fine yellow-brown pigment granules composed of lipid-containing residues of lysosomal digestion. It is considered to be...
- storage diseases that result from excessive ac****ulation of lipopigments (lipofuscin) in the body's tissues. These lipopigments are made up of fats and proteins...
- aging pigment lipofuscin can be broken down with the help of melanin and drugs through a newly discovered mechanism. The pigment lipofuscin plays a central...
- cells in the spot and release of lipofuscin bodies. The aggregating cells would form a capsule, and the dense lipofuscin bodies make the protruding spot...
- humans, yellowish specks or patches are thought to be due to the pigment lipofuscin, also known as lipochrome. Many animals such as canines, domestic cats...
- may have no significant correlation with disease. The brown pigment is lipofuscin in macrophages, not melanin.[citation needed] It is most commonly ****ociated...
- reflection and absorption from the other stromal components. Sometimes, lipofuscin, a yellow "wear and tear" pigment, also enters into the visible eye color...
- exocytosis (this generally only occurs in macrophages), or they become lipofuscin granules that remain in the cytosol indefinitely. Longer-living cells...
- glands with enlarged hyperchromatic and irregular nuclei, but will have incon****uous nucleoli and co**** refractile golden brown lipofuscin granules....
- of an abnormal fat-protein compound (lysosomal ac****ulation of ceroid lipofuscin). It is thought to affect around 1 in 500,000 people worldwide, with a...